Pompano Beach – For all of the convenience and affordability provided to music lovers by digital downloads and streaming services like Spotify, there is still a special enjoyment that comes with spending an afternoon in a shop browsing through shelves of records and chatting with clerks and fellow customers. The digital age has yet to […]

Hillsboro Beach – Town officials and representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation [FDOT] will meet Tuesday, Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m. at town hall to discuss improvements to A1A. Of most concern to the town is reoccurring flooding on south A1A and the safety issues it presents for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Town Manager Bob […]

Oakland Park – Out of nearly 300 active volunteers who contributed 10,773 hours of service to the city this year, Lizzie Dost, 17, was selected for special recognition. Dost performed 818 hours of volunteer service in after school and summer recreation programs and earned the “Volunteer of the Year” award. She represents “the essence of […]

Deerfield Beach – Around here, Eddie Hammond, 93, has become the poster boy for Pearl Harbor survivors. As an 18-year-old Navy submarine machinist, Hammond witnessed the infamous attack from the sub base. He ran outside and shot at the warplanes streaming overhead until he was pulled back inside by a superior officer and chided for […]

Fire and water to light up the city tonight at Old Town’s new plaza Tonight at Old Town, the city opens the first fire/water fountain [ever in the United States] to usher in the holidays. The evening will include a performance of the American Legion Symphonic Band. Pompano Beach will ignite the first “Fountain Flame” […]

Lauderdale-By-The-Sea – Costs to keep this town’s community bus, the Pelican Hopper, on the road for another year will increase to $160,000 this year. That’s an increase of $20,000 and amounts to an annual subsidy of $25 for every resident, Vice Mayor Mark Brown said recently. “And 95 percent of town residents don’t use it” […]